12 Monday Mar 2012
Mama: M, you the best!
M: No, you’re the very best!
Mama: Really? Thanks!
M: Yes, you get *lots* of parties – that means you’re the super best!
It must be true, I do get lots of birthday celebrations. I *am* the Super Best! 🙂
S.
26 Sunday Feb 2012
Posted in Family
M is at her first away from home sleepover tonight. Now, she’s slept at Nanny and Poppy’s, and at Nana’s (where she kicked Grandpa Ken out of bed and took his spot!), and at Poppy and Debbie’s. But never at a friend’s house.
Tonight is the night.
Remember a couple of weeks ago we had P & C here for a few nights? Well, the girls got the bug and have been asking to do it again ever since. We called P today but she wanted to stay home and have M over there. Two seconds later the bags were packed, the toys collected, and I was being dragged out the door.
Both girls asked, “How many sleeps can she stay?” I don’t think they were happy with the answer of, “Only one!”
I dropped off one very excited girl to another very excited girl and they disappeared – no goodbye, no kiss, no nothing!
I don’t think we’ll be getting a phone call to go pick her up anytime soon!
Have fun, M, but stop growing up already!
Mama
25 Saturday Feb 2012
Posted in Family
24 Friday Feb 2012
Tags
Oh yes, it’s Friday….
Thank goodness!
I’m sleepy today, up until about 2am working on a little something:
Then M had kinderstart this morning. And when I say she’s like cold molasses in the morning, I mean she’s like it’s frozen – she ain’t movin’!
Then lunch took forever, so it was late…
Should I continue?
Here’s hoping this evening is less…. Just less.
Sunday is the first 2012 Yearlong Class! The paper is a.maz.ing. Really. And the kit is chock full. And it has a great surprise! I left a hint about what it is somewhere today, can anyone guess? 😉
S.
23 Thursday Feb 2012
Posted in Classes, Family, ScrapBook, Things on Thursday...
Tags
365project, Cats, College of the North Atlantic, Kiddies, kids, Kiwanis, Photography, Year Long Album
1. D was just approved to teach a course at College of the North Atlantic in Studio Photography Techniques Level 1 – very excited with and for him, especially since he developed the class himself! If you’re in and around St. John’s, it runs Monday nights from May 7 – June 18, with a break May 21 for the long weekend, and it will be in a full photography studio. If I knew anything about f-stops and apertures, I’d probably be doing it myself… 🙂
2. It’s finally a nice winter’s day! No wind, fairly warm (for winter!), enough snow but not too much… Perfect! Which means cabin fever has been relieved and the kiddies enjoyed a good time in the backyard going down the slide (yeah, never got around to putting it away in the fall!), shovelling with the sand shovels (ditto), and throwing snow in each others faces.
3. My nephew placed third in his Kiwanis Music Competition for piano! Way to go N! We’re so proud of you!
4. Is there any need? I know we don’t let them outdoors, but you’d swear they were mistreated prisoners willing to do anything to escape.
Rosie - escape artist wannabe
5. I’ve decided to do Project 365 (well, that would be Project 366 this year!) I know you’re thinking, “Little late to the game, sister!” but, although I have pics for almost every day so far this year, I’m going to start on my birthday at the end of the month. I figured that since I take all these pics anyway, I might as well look organized and committed to a project, right?
6. I have one more set of instructions to write for the new Yearlong Album Class on Sunday – and I have to head into The Paperie tonight to get them all kitted up. We were worried that a special addition to the kit was going to be late, but it arrived just in time – yay!
Hope you’re all enjoying your day, wherever that may be! And if it’s a warm place, please invite me to visit – I’ll beg if necessary! 🙂
S.
22 Wednesday Feb 2012
Posted in Family
Last night, M broke the tail on one of her dress up costumes. We told her the elastic had snapped and it couldn’t be fixed.
She’s nothing if not stubborn so she tied a knot in it and said, “Look! I fixed it! I have mad skills!”
My Funny Valentine
20 Monday Feb 2012
Tags
beach, Eastport, Finish Line Scrapbook, Kiddies, October Afternoon, ScrapBook, Stacy Julian, vacation
I finally completed my Finish Line Scrapbook! You know, the one that’s supposed to take 4-6 hours over two nights? The one I started in September? Yeah, I’m finally calling it done! Yay for me!
cover
Now, in the interest of full disclosure, I will say that I haven’t touched it since September, and the bulk of it, minus the inside covers and title page, were finished. I just had to complete those few pages and do my journaling. Of course, my journaling is very limited as I thought the pics spoke for themselves – it was a vacation at Eastport beach last summer – and I’m not a huge journaler anyway. Also, we didn’t do the standard 6×6 mini album, we did a 12×6 one, which is a great size!
First beach day in Instagrams
Also, there are hardly any embellishments, which I’m fine with since I misted all the pages and used a border punch along the way. The embellies I did use are almost all from the October Afternoon Seaside Collection Word and Label Stickers. If you’re going to have one type of embellishments, October Afternoon is the way to go!
M on the beach
But still, it’s done and I can sit and flip through my book, enjoying the pictures of our vacation. Isn’t that really what it’s all about anyway?
G on the beach
Thank you, Stacy Julian, for a great concept – even though the process stresses me out!
S.
19 Sunday Feb 2012
Posted in Family
Overheard this morning in bed:
M: G, do you know why cats are interesting?
G: Why-eeee?
M: Because they have claws, and teeth, and fur.
G: Oh.
M: And they’re a little bit strange.
Stickering during quiet time
Hope you’re all having a strange and entertaining weekend!
S.
16 Thursday Feb 2012
Posted in Family
…but know you shouldn’t was today.
Miss Marker Face
The face says it all, “I know I’m in trouble after this picture.”
Lori, I’m sure, will appreciate the lightning bolt on her forehead!
Cropped out is P, they decorated each other. And not all the markers were washable. Big sigh.
S.
16 Thursday Feb 2012
Posted in Cards, Family, ScrapBook, Things on Thursday..., Yearlong Album
Tags
Distress Ink, Embossing, Family, Hero Arts, kids, Paperie, Papertrey Ink, Ranger, Scor Bug, Scor Pal, Simple Stories, Stamps, Year Long Album
1. We have a bunch of tired kiddies here this morning. P & C, the two I take care of, are having a sleepover for “3 sleeps” while their parents are in New Brunswick house hunting. That boils down to mean M & G are losing their buddies mid-March – we’re sad. 😦 Last night was the first “sleep” night here and we’re all dragging a little today!
2. I’m looking forward to Crop Night at The Paperie tomorrow – it’s fun to be with friends and there’s always a midnight snack afterwards! Call and sign up by this afternoon if you want in on the fun too – come on, you know you want to! 🙂
3. I started on the March LO for the 2012 Yearlong Album last night using the amazing Year-o-graphy line…
March sneak peek
4. And that leads me into… I love having my Scrap Cave (which it will now be officially know as) almost cleaned and organized! I’m actually getting work done and not messing up the kitchen! And that means I don’t have to pack everything up and drag it back to the Cave all the time! Yay! When I get the bags of donations out of there and the final bits tidied away, I’ll post an updated picture. Oh, and it really is a cave as I share it with the storage room and the freezer, but it has a door. A real door! That keeps little children out! Can you tell how exciting that is to me?!?!
5. I made this quick card the other day – super simple but I love how it turned out. More clear embossed resist (told you it was a good and effective one!) but without the trapped stamping underneath. Of all the types of the cards there are, I really hate making sympathy ones at the time I need them. Those, I like to have a stockpile of and I’m all out. This one was a prototype that I liked so I think I’ll churn out a few this evening, or tomorrow at the crop night.
With Heartfelt Sympathy
Scor Bug Detail
I used Papertrey Ink stamps, Hero Arts embossing powder and heat gun, Ranger Distress Inks, and a Scor-Bug.
6. As I was typing this up just now, my computer rebooted for “necessary updates.” Really computer? In the middle of my blog post before I saved it? Hmmmm…
Hope you all have an interesting thing-filled day – tell me some of your good things!
S.
sarathings 